1978 USC Trojans baseball team

1978 USC Trojans baseball
National champions Pacific-8 Conference champions
Conference	Pacific-8 Conference
CB	No. 1
Record	54–9 (15–3 Pac-8)
Head coach	Rod Dedeaux (37th year)
Home stadium	Dedeaux Field
Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

1978 Pacific-8 Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern Division
No. 16 Washington State  x‍‍‍y	15	–	3		.833			41	–	17		.707
Oregon ‍‍‍	7	–	9		.438				–			–
Oregon State ‍‍‍	6	–	9		.400			22	–	22		.500
Washington ‍‍‍	5	–	12		.294			29	–	16		.644
Southern Division
#1 Southern California xy ‍‍‍	15	–	3		.833			54	–	9		.857
No. 15 UCLA ‍‍‍	9	–	9		.500			39	–	20		.661
California ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			35	–	27		.565
Stanford ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			35	–	20		.636
x – Division champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1978[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1978 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1978 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached Rod Dedeaux in his 37th season.

The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game for the Trojans eleventh and final national championship under Rod Dedeaux.

Roster

1978 USC Trojans roster
	Pitchers Ron Arnold Ray Benzor Bill Bordley Rod Boxberger Bill Bumstead Brian Hayes Tom Marchica Ernie Mauritson Anthony Muñoz Spiro Psaltis Jeff Schattinger Larry Simpson Stan Williams Jeff Wick		Infielders Dan Burns Dave Caffey Jim Connor Dave Engle Larry Fobbs Dave Hostetler Jim McDowell Marv Okamura Frank Pennachio Gerald Price John Stevenson Doug Stokke		Outfielders Keith Brown Mark Rhodes Bob Skube Chris Smith Tim Tolman John Wells Paul Ziegler Catchers Tom Hicks Dave Hodgins Dave Van Gorder

Schedule

1978 USC Trojans baseball game log
Regular season
February Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record February 14 at Pepperdine 0–3 0–1 – February 18 at Cal State Fullerton 10–9 1–1 – February 18 Cal State Fullerton 9–6 2–1 – February 24 at Long Beach State 23–8 3–1 – February 25 Saint Mary's 9–2 4–1 – February 25 Saint Mary's 8–0 5–1 –
March Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record March 4 at Arizona State 9–13 5–2 – March 4 at Arizona State 7–13 5–3 – March 7 Pepperdine 7–0 6–3 – March 10 Chapman 10–0 7–3 – March 11 UC Irvine 2–8 7–4 – March 11 UC Irvine 8–0 8–4 – March 14 Cal State Dominguez 8–1 9–4 – March 16 Cal State Los Angeles 14–4 10–4 – March 17 at Cal State Los Angeles 10–1 11–4 – March 18 Cal State Los Angeles 3–2 12–4 – March 19 at Houston 13–1 13–4 – March 20 at Houston 10–4 14–4 – March 21 at Texas A&M 5–2 15–4 – March 22 at Texas A&M 8–5 16–4 – March 24 vs. Eastern Michigan 5–2 17–4 – March 24 at Texas 8–2 18–4 – March 25 at Texas 3–2 19–4 – March 25 at Texas 2–3 19–5 – March 28 Cal Lutheran 2–1 20–5 – March 31 Arizona State 11–0 21–5 –
April Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record April 1 Arizona State 11–6 22–5 – April 2 Arizona State 10–1 23–5 – April 5 Cal State Northridge 12–1 24–5 – April 8 at California 13–14 24–6 0–1 April 8 at California 6–2 25–6 1–1 April 9 at Santa Clara 7–2 26–6 – April 13 Stanford 7–0 27–6 2–1 April 14 Stanford 2–3 27–7 2–2 April 15 Stanford 8–3 28–7 3–2 April 18 Pepperdine 10–2 29–7 – April 20 UCLA 6–5 30–7 4–2 April 21 at UCLA 5–4 31–7 5–2 April 22 UCLA 7–3 32–7 6–2 April 24 Long Beach State 12–1 33–7 – April 27 California 11–2 34–7 7–2 April 28 California 14–3 35–7 8–2 April 29 California 11–2 36–7 9–2 April 30 California 7–2 37–7 10–2
May Date Opponent Score Overall record Pac-8 record May 1 Cal Poly Pomona 11–5 38–7 – May 2 Loyola Marymount 15–2 39–7 – May 5 at Stanford 17–7 40–7 11–2 May 6 at Stanford 4–3 41–7 12–2 May 7 at Stanford 12–6 42–7 13–2 May 9 UC Santa Barbara 4–6 42–8 – May 11 at UCLA 1–0 43–8 14–2 May 12 UCLA 7–6 44–8 15–2 May 13 at UCLA 8–9 44–9 15–3
Postseason
NCAA tournament: Pacific-8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 20 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 3–2 45–9 May 21 vs. Washington State Buck Bailey Field 5–4 46–9
NCAA tournament: District 8 playoffs Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record May 26 vs. Arizona Dedeaux Field 3–2 47–9 May 27 vs. Cal State Fullerton Dedeaux Field 3–2 48–9 May 28 vs. Arizona Dedeaux Field 2–1 49–9
NCAA tournament: College World Series Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Overall record June 2 vs. Miami (FL) Rosenblatt Stadium 9–3 50–9 June 4 vs. Michigan Rosenblatt Stadium 11–3 51–9 June 6 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 5–2 52–9 June 7 vs. North Carolina Rosenblatt Stadium 3–2 53–9 June 8 vs. Arizona State Rosenblatt Stadium 10–3 54–9

Awards and honors

Bill Bordley

• All-America First Team^[2]
• Pacific-8 Player of the Year^[2]

Rod Boxberger

• College World Series Most Outstanding Player^[3]
• All-America First Team^[2]

Dave Engle

• All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Brian Hayes

• All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Dave Hostetler

• All-America Second Team^[2]
• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Chris Smith

• All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Doug Stokke

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
• All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Tim Tolman

• All-America Second Team^[2]
• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]
• All-Pacific-8 First Team^[2]

Dave Van Gorder

• All-America First Team^[2]

John Wells

• College World Series All-Tournament Team^[3]

Trojans in the 1978 MLB Draft

The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.^[4]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Rod Boxberger	RHP	1st	11th	Houston Astros
Dave Van Gorder	C	2nd	43rd	Cincinnati Reds
Dave Engle	3B	3rd	66th	California Angels
Dave Hostetler	1B	4th	87th	Montreal Expos
Douglas Stokke	SS	5th	115th	Houston Astros
Chris Smith	OF	11th	280th	Texas Rangers
Tim Tolman	OF	12th	297th	Houston Astros
Jeff Schattinger	RHP	12th	300th	California Angels
Brian Hayes	LHP	16th	411th	Los Angeles Dodgers
Bob Skube	OF	18th	456th	St. Louis Cardinals
John Wells	OF	19th	470th	New York Mets

References